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z. 'XEVEEE VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED'J'UHE'2'4, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PatnteaJanuary 31, 1905l PATENT OFFICE.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters v] ?at'e1f1t.1\T0. 781,262, dated January 31, 1905.

Application filed June 24, 1904. Serial No. 213,944..

To all whom it irl/ay concern,.-

Beit known that I, ZACHARIAH XEvERs, a

" citizen of the United States, residing at Santa Cruz,- in the county of Santa Cruz and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle and Vehicle Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide means for securely holding the rubber tires on the rims of bicycle and other vehicle wheels, whereby the danger of the tire becoming loose or slipping offis entirely prevented, which object is attained by the construction substantially asshown in the draw-p ings and hereinafter described and claimed. Figure 1 of the drawings is asectional perspective view of a portionv of the rim of a vehicle-wheel embodying my invention; Fig.v

2, a longitudinal section thereof and rubber tire applied; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the support forthe rubber tire, showing a modiication thereof; Fig. 4, a sectional detail view showing an additional modification.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a portion of the rim of a vehicle-wheel with spokes B connecting therewith, said rim having the channeled seat a, in which is seated and suitably connected thereto atransverselycorrugated seat C, the teeth or corrugations b being of any suitable form and construction found mostV preferable. The corrugated seat C has upwardly-extending iangcs c, against which abuts the sides of the rubber tire D, Y

(shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,) the under vside of the tire being pressed .into the corru- 4O` gations of the seat C, thusfpreventing the tire slipping in any direction and being held firmly on the rim of thewheel. A

'Iheflanges c of the corrugated seat C may be dispensed with if found preferable, and when used the iianges may be made separately or integral with the seat, this being left to the judgment of the manufacturer, as I do not wish to be confined to the exact construction shown, as it is evident that many withoutin any manner .departing from the principle of the invention.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings is shown a corrugated seat of somewhat different construc-- tion than that illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and in which E designates the seat, which maybe used, or the sections of corrugations may be.

fastened directly to the tire, as found desirable.Y

In Fig. 4 is shown a transverse corrugated seat Gr, connected directly to the rim of the wheel, and the rubber tire H, formed with corresponding corrugationsf to fit in the cor- 'rugations e of the seat when the tire is invflated or filled with air.

In providing a'corrugated seat to hold the tire upon the rim the use of cement is entirely dispensed with, the tire being held securely in place and yprevented from slipping sidewise or back and forth without the aid of additional fastenings. v

Although I have shown` upwardly-extending guard-franges as an addition to the corrugated seat, it is evident thatsuch flanges may be dispensed with, particularly when the corrugated seat is used on such rims as have theguard-flanges formed of the wood of the rim, and any form of corrugations of teeth either sharp or rounded or otherwise constructed and still come within the scope of the invention.

Any such changesin the severaldetails of construction as would come within ordinary mechanical judgment may be made without departing from the essential features of the invention and is equally applicable to bicyclewheels, Wheels of automobiles, and all classes of vehicle-wheels where a rubber tire is used. Having now fullyv described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-

1. The combination with a rim having a channeled seat about its periphery, of a chan IOO neled metalli-e strip and a corrugated seat confined Within said channeled strip and the Whole confined Within said channeled seat and having anges extended above the rim and against which the sides of the tire are designed to abut.

2. A rim having a channeled seat about its periphery. a channeled metallic strip and a corrugated seat conlined Within said channeled strip and the whole conned Within said channeled seat and having upwardly-extending flanges, combined with a tire having corrugations to engage those of the seat and its edges abutting against said flanges, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A rim for vehicle-wheels having a metallic seat and a transversely-corrugated seat formed in sections and suitably connected to said seat and the latter connected to the rim, substantially as and for the purposesetforth.

In testimony whereolc I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ZACHARIAH XEVERS. Witnesses:

A. S. McCoRMIoK, JOHN SoULLY. 

